If the NBA truly wants to be the progressive league, it has to take the lead on this issue, especially as they might be the only league with the temerity to do so. Read more »
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Why The NBA Should Remove Cannabis From List Of Banned Substances
Thirty Futures: John Wall
John Wall is a superb player occasionally brought low by a leadership responsibility he can't handle. Read more »
Prospect Report: De'Andre Hunter Of Virginia
De'Andre Hunter looks the part of what the NBA is looking for in a two-way combo forward these days, which is why he is currently considered the ninth-ranked prospect in the 2019 draft class. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Marcus Smart
What's clearly special about Marcus Smart is that he's at peace with his own profanity. He's shameless. This is half a compliment. Read more »
Prospect Report: Keldon Johnson Of Kentucky
The NBA is starved for wings and Keldon Johnson looks the part of a 3&D wing from a physical-standpoint and based on how he's been used. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Manu Ginobili
Manu Ginobili was as charismatic a basketball player as has ever lived, and in his sheer adventurousness, he demonstrated the sport's capacity to delight more thoroughly than peers who were objectively better than him. Read more »
The Maximum Available 2019 Cap Space For All 30 NBA Teams
The NBA cap will jump by $7 million while some of the bad contracts of 2016 will come off the books, which means an abundance of cap space again. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Kevin Love
Deep down, what is our relationship with professional athletes? Our own lives loosely correlating with facts about people we watch on TV? Maybe that's all it is, a kind of hysterical connection between object and voyeur. Read more »
Prospect Report: Sekou Doumbouya Of Limoges
Sekou Doumbouya is the top-ranked European prospect born in 2000 and currently considered the third-ranked prospect in the 2019 draft class, leveraging his athletic ability as a threat near the basket on both ends. Read more »
The NBA's Coaching Renaissance
What the NBA advocates for off the court matters just as much as what they're enforcing on it, and changing coaching styles contributes to accelerating the overall progression of the league in real time, literally on the clock. Read more »
The Magic Want To Brew Something BIG
The Magic are bucking the trend by cementing their foundation with bigs in Jonathan Isaac, Aaron Gordon and Mohamed Bamba. Read more »
How Humanizing NBA Referees Underscores Their Craft And Labor
We spoke with veteran NBA referees Marc Davis, John Goble and Monty McCutchen to understand their process and work in a world filled with accusations of bias and conspiracy and the innate need to add a venal motive to a botched call. Read more »
2018 Western Conference Summer League Notes
Keith Smith emptied his notebook after speaking to players, coaches, front office personnel and agents with all 15 Western Conference teams. Read more »
Prospect Report: Zion Williamson Of Duke
Zion Williamson is a remarkable athlete who has shown glimpses of a very appealing skill-set as a shot creator from the perimeter. The question now becomes how exactly does he fit in a team that doesn't exist with the sole purpose of giving him the ball. Read more »
On 'The Heresy of Zone Defense' 23 Years Later
Rules should always help a game become more like itself, more true to its spirit, which in basketball's case is to facilitate a peculiarly muscular, skillful, balletic kind of beauty. Read more »
The Improbable Yet Predictable Stardom Of Victor Oladipo
Similar to Donovan Mitchell with the Jazz and James Harden leaving the Ginobili role behind in OKC, fit, freedom and usage play a critical part in raising the ceiling of shooting guards like Victor Oladipo. Read more »
Prospect Report: Bol Bol Of Oregon
Bol Bol is one of those prospects who is a lot more interesting in theory than in reality at this point of his development. Read more »
2018 Eastern Conference Summer League Notes
Keith Smith emptied his notebook after speaking to players, coaches, front office personnel and agents with all 15 Eastern Conference teams. Read more »
The Stakes For Carmelo Anthony With The Rockets
It would be wonderful, especially for folks who defended Carmelo in his prime, if he could find a way to make it work in Houston. He's a generational talent who hasn't totally gotten his due. Read more »
Prospect Report: R.J. Barrett Of Duke
Besides the advanced physical profile and athletic ability for someone R.J. Barrett's age, he has shown enough footwork and court vision to project as a volume shot creator for himself and others, though his shot is still a work in progress. Read more »
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